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• The European Union
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• Notes
• 2 European Integration – On Pursuit of European Leadership
• Historical Background
• European Integration
• Imperative Need of Conflict Resolution During/After World Wars
• Early Experiments of EC Towards International Conflict Resolution
• European Enlargement: A Journey towards Peaceful EC Members
• Establishing European Union
• Notes
• 3 Role of EU Institutions in Development of Its Leadership
• Importance of EU Institutions in Peace Processes
• The European Parliament: Stances on World Peace
• The Council of EU: Work for Political Reconciliation
• The European Commission: Figurehead of the EU
• The Court of Justice: Guardian of EU Peace Gesture
• Political and Security Wings of EU
• Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
• Notes
• 4 Role of EU in European Disputes
• The EU Motives for the Conflict Resolution
• EU’s Checklist for Causes of a Conflict
• The Irish Question
• The Role of EU in the Irish Question
• Balkan Crises
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kosovo Conflict
• Greco-Turkish Rivalry
• Notes
• 5 The EU: Asian Conflicts and Middle East
• Middle Eastern Disputes
• EU and Arab-Israel Conflict
• Crisis of Iraq
• EU and Iraq War: Dilemmas and Paradoxes
• Asian Disputes
• EU and Iran
• EU-Iran Relations
• Indo-Pakistan Dispute on Kashmir
• South Asian Nuclear/Missile Race
• Role of EU in Kashmiri Issue
• Notes
• 6 UN and EU Cooperation in Global Peace Missions
• Historical Background
• Model of UN–EU Cooperation
• EU Strategy as a Global Actor
• EU Security Council
• UN–EU Cooperation in Action
• Theory to Practice
• Notes
• 7 Contemporary Challenges for EU
• Greek Economic Crisis
• Refugee Crisis
• Brexit and Europe
• Emergence of Euroscepticism in EU Member States
• Now Discussing the Impacts of Brexit on EU Bloc
• Resurgence of a Dormant Bear
• Terrorism
• Concluding Remarks
• Notes
• 8 Conclusion and Recommendations
• Recommendations
• Enhancement of UN–EU Cooperation
• Notes
• Appendix 1: Abbreviations
• Appendix 2: How Does the EU Work?
• I. The Decision-Making Triangle
• (a) The Council of the EU and the European Council
• (b) The European Parliament
• (c) The European Commission
• II. Other Institutions and Bodies
• (a) The Court of Justice
• (b) The Court of Auditors
• (c) The European Economic and Social Committee
• (d) The Committee of the Regions
• (e) The European Investment Bank
• (f) The European Central Bank
• Appendix 3: The UN-EU Joint Declaration
• Appendix 4: Consolidated Version of the Treaty on European Union
• Appendix 5: A Secure Europe in a Better World: European Security Strategy
• Introduction
• I. The Security Environment: Global Challenges and Key Threats
• Global Challenges
• II. Strategic Objectives
• Addressing the Threats
• An International Order Based One Ffective Multilateralism
• III. Policy Implications for Europe
• Appendix 6: Summary of Haagerup Report
• Conditions
• Conclusion
• Appendix 7: Total Population of EU Member and Candidate States
• Appendix 8: Timeline: History of the European Union
• Appendix 9: Contributions of European States To UN Peacekeeping Operations
• Bibliography
• Websites
• Newspapers
• Index